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China weighing up TPP, says commerce ministry
Chinese authorities are now evaluating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, after 12 nations including the United States and Japan signed the agreement in New Zealand.
The Ministry of Commerce says the TPP is an extensive agreement, and authorities in Beijing are now studying the document. China is not among the nations that have signed the deal.
The ministry also says China will actively participate in - and push forward - regional free trade arrangements that feature a high-degree of transparency, openness and inclusiveness.
It says China hopes the various free trade arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region will complement each other and jointly contribute to trade, investment and economic growth of this region.
China, Cambodia agree to support each other on "core interests"
China and Cambodia have agreed to support each other on issues concerning their respective core and major interests.
The consensus was reached in Beijing during a meeting of the China-Cambodia Inter-Governmental Coordination Committee.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said after the meeting that both sides agreed to continue to push for a proper settlement of the South China Sea issue.
A press release issued after the meeting says China and Cambodia have also agreed to cooperate in trade, investment, infrastructure, agriculture and other economic fields so as to achieve common development.
Zika curbs to include mosquito mass extermination
Chinese health authorities are planning a large-scale extermination of mosquitoes, especially in southern China, in an effort prevent an outbreak of the Zika virus.
Guidelines will also be issued for the treatment and control of the mosquito-borne virus.
The National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention says it's mulling over a yearly mosquito mass-extermination campaign in April or May.
On the clinical side, medics are required to closely watch for symptoms of Zika infection and to ask for the travel history of people with suspected cases.
Former Sichuan governor punished for 'severe disciplinary violations'
The former provincial governor of southwest China's Sichuan has been officially sacked for severe violations of Party discipline.
61-year-old Wei Hong, also the former deputy Party Secretary of Sichuan, has also been stripped of all his positions in the provincial Party Committee.
The country's top anti-graft agency has accused Wei of violations including obstructing his investigation and interfering with judicial process.
The agency announced last month that Wei was under investigation.
Chinese given World Cancer Day lifestyle warning
The World Health Organization has warned China about the country's high rate of cancer deaths, urging the population to give up smoking and to adopt more healthy diets and lifestyles.
The WHO says more than 2.8 million people died of cancer in China last year - an average of 7,500 deaths per day.
About 30 percent of cancer deaths in China are caused by lung cancer. The country has 315 million smokers.
WHO's China representative says the real tragedy is that most of these cases are preventable.
WikiLeaks' Assange says to accept arrest if loses U.N. case
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he will turn himself over to British police on Friday if a United Nations panel investigating his case rules against him.
Assange took refuge in London's Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault claims.
He fears that Sweden will extradite him to the United States, where he could be put on trial over WikiLeaks' publication of classified military and diplomatic documents.
In 2014 he complained to the UN that he was being "arbitrarily detained" as he could not leave without being arrested.
Assange has said he will accept the UN ruling but hopes to walk free.
Top al-Qaida leader killed in U.S. drone strike in Yemen
Officials in Yemen say a top militant leader has been killed by a US drone strike in a southern province.
The strike is said to have destroyed Jalal Baleidi's car, killing him and two of his bodyguards.
He is described as a former al-Qaida operative who had defected to a group associated with the Islamic State.
Baleidi had masterminded several attacks on Yemeni army bases and had led operations that resulted in the taking of a number of towns in the country's troubled southern area.
Yemen has been troubled by an insurgency for several years.
Shell confirms 10,000 job cuts
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell says it will cut 10,000 jobs following its largest fall in annual profits in the last 13 years.
Europe's largest oil company says fourth-quarter earnings tumbled 44 percent as the collapse in oil prices took its toll.
Shell made 10.7 billion US dollars in earnings last year, compared with 22.6 billion in 2014.
Oil prices fell 34 percent last year and hit a 12-year low of around 27 dollars a barrel in January.
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